In Copernicus Arena, named after the city's big son, it was clear who was the big draw for this stop of the world tour indoors. The stars stood right for the young Swede who began to take over the athletics scene after Usain Bolt and fill a gaping void.

It is Duplantis who is the name of everyone's lips, not only in Sweden but we talk world wide.

However, there were doubts about Armand Duplanti's day form. Just four days ago, the 20-year-old had been an elbow touch from setting a world record and there were reasons to believe that young Armand would show fatigue after that show.

From the first jump for the evening it was clear that this was not the case. Armand flew over 5.52 with a rude margin. At 5.72, all competitors were gone, and Armand Duplanti's face was still facing the story. Breaking the six-meter wall by 6.01 looked almost like a warm-up for what was to come.

The first attempt at 6.17 was announced. A knee on the rib but the upper body a good bit over. I have to reluctantly admit that as a sole Swedish media representative on site, I probably ruined other journalists with all kinds of rubbish who must have interrupted other interviews. If anyone cared about anyone other than Duplantis. He had the arena in his hand, owned it, and was able to get the keys to the city.

Then it was time. 6.17 for the second time. Every pair of eyes throughout the hall fixed on Armand Duplantis. It was like Armand was channeling all the experience from the age of three in that attempt and when he landed on the carpet the bar remained. Extas in Copernicus Arena. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that Armand Duplantis spent two hours with a booster and a low-key guess adds the number of selfies around 4,000.

After his evening with Düsseldorf, Armand had to sleep 17 hours the following day to digest everything that had happened. If that development continues, we may be glad if the good Armand wakes up before Tokyo when the Olympics starts in August.

CLIP: Here Armand Duplantis sets the world record 6.17

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